Farmer’s Slang & Its Analogues. 1890–1909, rev. 2022.
Paddywester
subs. (nautical).—See quot.
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1892. PERRY, Voyage of Boadicea [Boy’s Own Paper, 28 May, 649]. PADDY WESTERS … Incompetent, worthless, or destitute sailors or landsmen masquerading as seamen.
